Eduard leissner



(No Model.)

' E. LEISSNER.-

PAPER HANGING, 0R WALL PAPER. No. 255,437. I Patented Mar.28,1882.

N. PUERS, Phnwuuw n ngr, Washinginn, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDUARD LEISSNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER-HANGING OR WALL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,437, dated March 28, 1882. Application filed February I6, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, EDUARD LEISSNER, of New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented an Improved Paper-Hanging or Wall-Paper, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a face view, partly in section, showing my improved paper-hanging. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. c l

The object of this invention is to produce an embossed wall-paper theraised tiguresin which shall be supported so that they cannot be pressed back or flattened when once on the wall; and the invention consists in lining the paper to be embossed with a flexible backing,

such as felt paper, or blotting like paper, in-

then embossing said lined paper in proper manner, and in then filling the cavities in the back with a cement and covering the entire back afterward with another paper, all as here- 'inafter more fully described. I

In the drawings, the letter A represents the outer sheet of paper, and B is its immediate lining at the back. The lining B is of felt paper or of other very flexible paper, which will furnish an elastic support to the outer paper, A, and prevent itfrom tearing during the embossing process or afterward. This lining is, by gum or otherwise, fastened to the paper A. After this the paper A, thus lined, is embossed in suitable machinery to produce the raised figures a a, of suitable design, on its outer surface. The cavities in the back of the lining B are thereupon filled with a cement, 0,

preferably a cement containing some oil, so that it will not be liable to harden rapidly. This cement fills all thecavities, and is made even or tlat at the back, where finally the entire structure is lined with another sheet, D, of paper or equivalent fabric.

Instead of lining the paper A with felt paper, suitable woven fabric may be used for the same purpose.

The embossed paper produced in accordance with this invention will be found very useful in the arts. The raised figures cannot be pressed back, as in the embossed papers heretofore made, but will at all times maintain their form. Moreover, the paper can be rolled for transportation, and afterward'flattened out again and applied to posts or columns without interfering with the outline or beauty of the embossin g. The cement, being pliable to an extent, leaves the entire paper pliable, and yet firm when on the wall. i

I claim- 1. The embossed wall-paper A, combined with the filling G of cement, which is in the cavities of the back, and with the outermost lining, D, substantially as described. 1

2. The embossed wall-paperA, lined at its back with the embossed sheet B, and combined with the filling of cement O and outer lining, D, substantially as herein shown and described.

EDUARD LEISSNER.

WVitnesses:

WM. 13. PRINGLE, WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ. 

